What is the future of mainframe technology and mainframe developers community ?

[DMettle]

It seems that the requirement and recruitment for mainframe technology is dwindling day to day in India except for some few companies. Does the existing clients move from Mainframe to other technology ? If so then where and which technology do they migrate to ?

 

[TheMadProfessor]

As mentioned previously, mainframe work doesn't get the spotlight much but, at least in the US, it's still going strong. Most corporate and government processing still continues to use mainframes for the heavy lifting and I don't see that changing any time soon. In fact, until I finally got tired of travel, I made a very good living for over 20 years as a mainframe consultant and as dinosaurs like me retire out of the industry, the demand (and billable rates) will likely continue to rise.